Allies: How America Failed its Partners in Afghanistan

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🗓️ 15 June 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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On Monday, the Brookings Institution hosted a panel discussion titled, “Allies: How America failed its partners in Afghanistan.” The event featured comments from Lawfare editor-in-chief Benjamin Wittes, a preview clip of Episode 6 of the podcast Allies, and a moderated discussion with an all-star panel.

Lawfare associate editor Bryce Klehm sat down with Shala Gafary, the managing attorney for Project: Afghan Legal Assistance at Human Rights First; Col. Steven Miska, who serves on the steering committee of the Evacuate Our Allies Coalition; and Matt Zeller, a U.S. Army veteran, co-founder of No One Left Behind, and an advisory board chair of the Association of Wartime Allies. They discussed some of the past failures that led to a situation where tens of thousands of the U.S.’s allies were left behind in Afghanistan. They also discussed current resettlement issues and relocation for those still in Afghanistan or other third countries.

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0:32.6	The fact is that we were able to get some out and the idea that we would now put them
0:41.4	in jeopardy and potentially one day even deport them is important to me.
0:48.5	And if it was to come to pass, I don't know how any ally in the future could ever look
0:54.4	to us and trust us and take us out of our word when we said that we're going to have
0:58.4	their back if needed.
1:00.8	So the current status is this.
1:02.6	There is a bipartisan group with senators and house representatives, Republicans and Democrats
1:08.0	on both sides that want to vote on this thing.
1:11.2	And if it came up for a fair vote, I think it would pass.
1:15.6	Umbrice Clem and this is the LawFair podcast June 15th, 2022.
1:21.6	In Monday, the Brookings Institution hosted a panel discussion titled Allies, How America
1:27.6	Failed Its Partners in Afghanistan.
1:30.6	The event featured a preview clip of episode 6 of Allies, which is out now, followed by
1:35.1	a discussion with an all-star panel.
1:38.2	The panel included Shalaga Fari, the Managing Attorney for Project Afghan Legal Assistance
1:43.4	at Human Rights First.
1:45.7	Colonel Steve Misca, who serves on the Steering Committee of the Evacuate Our Allies Coalition.
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